low sodium rate

[Doraflora]

another worry has set in today after getting my last blood results!

My sodium level is still low (128). Only one digit higher than 3 months ago.

My GP says he’s not unduly concerned at this moment, and will re-test again in 3 months.

From what I’ve googled this low sodium can affect the kidneys and yet my kidney count was within the range (60-200) at 80ml!(I have no other symptoms)

I try to drink as much as I can, but maybe I’ve drunk too much water.

Can anyone else experienced this and how did you increase your sodium?

At the age of 70 why do I worry about any dratted thing🙄

[Twopies]

chronic problem with me, long long story. Mine was too much fluid. How much do you drink? Also I was told that once it’s low, it might not rise to normal levels again. But mine was in I had to be hospitalized range. It runs around 134 now, took over a year to raise it to that level.

[Doraflora in reply to Twopies]

Hi Twopies. I had been drinking at least 6-8 glasses of water a day (at least!) plus about 3 cups of tea and some nighttime wine.

I do know that drinking lots of water is good for kidney function so I wouldn’t have thought the water I was drinking had been excessive. (eGFR is 80 - which is well within the range).

And I guess I have been subconsciously watching the salt labels on foods, so maybe I shouldn’t do that at the mo?

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Drinking too much will lower your sodium and so will sticking to the dietary recommendations of low salt diets. We need more than they think.

mayoclinic.org/diseases-con....

[Doraflora in reply to PMRpro]

we can’t win though, can we? They tell us to drink lots of water and then this happens!

I have been extra careful with salt intake, scrutinising every food label, etc. But I’m thankful my kidney function is well within the range at eGFR 80.

PS: PMRpro do you know why I didn’t get an alert of yours and Twopies message? I’m wondering if it’s because I posted in the ‘sodium category’ and maybe I should have posted it in the PMR section?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Doraflora]

NONE of us are getting accurate notifications! I'm working from the Feed and it is an absolute pain! Do complain to HU.

My sister-in-law used to wax lyrical on the volume of water you see recommended we should drink, far too much. Like me she was a physiologist - in fact my husband and his brother were too - and some of the stuff you see in the media used to make our hair curl